Applied Linguistics (journal)


Applied Linguistics is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of applied linguistics established in 1980 and published by Oxford University Press. It appears six times a year. Current editors in chief are Christina Higgins and Anna Mauranen.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2016 impact factor of 3.593, ranking it 1st out of 182 journals in the category "Linguistics".

Aims and scope

The journal publishes both research papers and conceptual articles in all aspects of applied linguistics, such as lexicography, corpus linguistics, multilingualism, discourse analysis, and language education, aiming at promoting discussion among researchers in different fields. It features a "Forum" section, introduced in 2001, intended for short contributions, such as responses to articles and notices about current research.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by: